PDP LESSON topic: the insects

Warm up -

Tic tac toe

To start the class, the tic tac toe was taught to review the vocabulary. The teacher asked the students the previous topic which was the insects. He showed the flashcards without the insects´ names, so that students were challenged to remember them.  If any students gave the proper insects’ names, they were allowed to pass to the board and write an “X or O” in the game. 

Pre-listening -

In this stage, the teacher presented the vocabulary students may not know or understand in the listening such as the colors and the grammar structure “I like and I don't like.” Firstly, he presented the colors. Hopefully, students knew the meaning and the pronunciation. Then, the grammar structures “I like and I don´t like” were taught with the help of the Facebook emoji (see picture A1). Later, the grammatical structures and the insects were taught together (I like the bee/ I do not like the bee) to end up practicing the grammar structures, the colors and the insects (I like the red ladybug, I do not like the green grasshopper). Students were asked to repeat many times to get used with the topic. 

During 1 -

In this moment, students were asked to turn their desks to the window while the teacher pasted or drew three different pictures on the board.  Then they turned their desks to the board and the teacher played the listening. Students were asked to circle one pictures related to the listening. 

 

During 2 -

Worksheet

Some pictures and a worksheet were given to each of the students. In the worksheet, students had to paste the pictures that the audios mentioned in order. To do this, they were played one by one, so that students had time to paste the images. (There were 6 audios. Each one mentioned one insect in a sentence such as “I like the red ladybug”).

During 3 -

Worksheet

In this stage, students were given worksheets and some colors. They had to paint the insects they heard according to the color that described them. (I like the yellow bee).

Post-listening -

Students were asked to take one picture from a box. It was to be used in a sentence such as “I (do not) like the black fly mosquito.”

Wrap up -

Balloon

To conclude the class, students took a balloon. Inside of it was a paper so they had to burst it, take the paper and look for proper flashcard.